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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 07:03
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 20:03
Latitude -10.58 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 161.41 ° ± 6 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1563 283733
Nouméa  1399 93060
Lae  1642 76255
Mackay  1756 75922
Honiara  204 56298
Arawa  804 40266
Port Vila  1087 35901
Popondetta  1458 28198
Kimbe  1360 18847
Kavieng  1468 14490
Luganville  830 13397
Bowen  1758 10983
Rabaul  1242 8074
Gizo  572 6154
Kerema  1735 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.88
Azimuthal gap 119.31 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 20:07:13.32 -0.36 235.12 17.41 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:07:16.7 -0.65 115.81 17.64 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:08:59.42 0.35 247.01 27.67 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:10:59.82 0.48 274.39 41.61 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:14:53.17 -1.95 325.75 75.63 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:14:58.2 -2.7 345.32 76.71 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:15:09.77 -2.16 1.92 78.73 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:15:46.52 4.39 19.29 84.38 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:15:45.77 0.56 350.21 85.02 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:16:14.49 1.61 317.71 90.6 Automatic
II KURK P 20:16:27.42 0.43 320.99 93.67 Automatic